Cold Spring Bridge Coverage
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To build the suicide barrier, or not to build the suicide barrier?
Suicide Barrier Suit Filed
McGinnes Won’t Concede Cold Spring Bridge Battle
Marc McGinnes won’t concede the battle for Cold Spring Bridge. Read story.
Funding Found for Suicide Barrier
Cold Spring Bridge Suicide Barrier Project Overcomes Monetary Obstacles
Cold Spring Bridge suicide barrier project overcomes monetary obstacles. Read story.
Man Leaps to Death from Cold Spring Bridge
First Such Suicide This Year, 48th Since Structure Was Built in 1963
It was the first such suicide this year and the 48th since the structure was built in 1963. Read story.
Another Cold Spring Bridge Suicide
56-Year-Old Man from Santa Barbara Jumps on November 6
Gregory Allen Pitts, a 56-year-old man from Santa Barbara, jumped on Thursday morning. Read story.
SBCAG Gives Nod to Cold Spring Suicide Barrier
Opponents Vow to Pursue Litigation to Preserve Historic Bridge
Opponents vow to pursue litigation to preserve historic bridge. Read story.
Man's Bridge Jump Leads to Death
San Luis Obispo Resident Third This Year to Die
The San Luis Obispo resident is the third person to commit suicide on the bridge this year. Read story.
Caltrans Insists Funding Exists for Cold Spring Bridge Project
Project Opponents Say Proposed Suicide Barrier Lacks Necessary Funding
Project opponents say that proposed suicide barrier lacks necessary funding. Read story.
Caltrans Gives Public Glimpse of Cold Spring Suicide Barrier
North County Residents to Get Peek at Similar Meeting Tonight in Solvang
North County residents to get peek at similar meeting tonight in Solvang. Read story.
Friends of the Bridge Continue Their Fight
Activists Continue to Oppose the Cold Spring Suicide Barrier
Activists continue to oppose the Cold Spring suicide barrier. Read story.
Despite Some Opposition, Cold Spring Bridge Plan Advances
Suicide Fence a Go
No sooner was the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) out for a barrier intended to prevent suicide jumpers from taking flight off Cold Spring Bridge than opponents were attacking it and the barrier concept in general. Read story.
Cold Springs Bridge Barrier: Yes
Santa Barbaran Beverly Herbert sees more suicides to come if barrier is not installed. Read story.
Jumper Dies at Cold Spring Bridge
A 60-year-old Santa Barbara County resident leaped to his death from Cold Spring Bridge to his death on 2/17. Read story.
Suicide Barriers Examined for Cold Springs Bridge
Gary Spielman weighed in on the debate surrounding the possible construction of suicide barriers on the Cold Spring Canyon arch bridge. Read story.
Why Placing Suicide Barriers on the Cold Spring Bridge Is Not the Answer
Prevent the Cause, Not the Symptoms
It seems clear to me that most of us care deeply about the occurrence of suicide and self-destructive behaviors in our community and that we are gratefully supportive of effective suicide-prevention measures and programs. Yet even among those of us who think and feel this way, there is strong opposition to the proposal by Caltrans to spend $1,000,000 or more to install suicide-prevention barriers on the Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge. Why is this? Read story.
Study Concludes Bridge Suicide Barriers Ineffective
Professor Garrett Glasgow of UCSB’s political science department recently completed a study for Caltrans on a possible suicide prevention barrier for Cold Springs Bridge. Read story.
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